NEW LIFE by Blind Melon
Written by Glen Graham, Brad Smith, Shannon Hoon, Christopher Thorn, and Rogers Stevens
Chords transcribed by Brad Golden
Note: these are what chords happen when they do in the song, and only works for solo acoustic performance.
BM never performed this acoustically as far as I know and may have never played this song live at all since
Thorn has stated in an interview there are a couple of songs from Soup that have never been performed live.
[Verse 1]
N.C.
One!.... Two!...
A G
Suddenly everything is fainting
A G
Falling from a broken ladder's rung
A G
There's a jolt exhilarating from the phone I'm holding
A C
I hear the words of what I'll become
A C
How eager the hands that reach for love
[Pre-Chorus 1]
D F A
'Cause now there's a new life to behold
D F A C
And it's the biggest part of my life to unfold
[Chorus 1]
G A F G A F
Aw yeah!
D F G A F G A
'Cause now she's telling me she'll have my baby
F D F G A F G
And a faithful father I am to be
A F D F G A F G
When I'm looking into the eyes of our own baby
A F G E
Will it bring new life into me?
[Verse 2]
A G
Deep inside must defy arrangement
A G
I've been a stumblin' from the startin' blocks 'til now
A G
And I'll always try to justify the way I have been behaving
A C
Should I teach one not to know how?
A C
How to live in a world we live in now
[Pre-Chorus 2]
D F A
'Cause there's a beautiful life to behold
D F A C
And it's the biggest part of my life to unfold
[Chorus 2]
G A F G A F
Aw yeah!
D F G A F G A
'Cause now she's telling me she'll have my baby
F D F G A F G
And a father figure I am to be
A F D F G A F G
When I'm looking into the eyes of our own baby
A F D F
Will it bring new life into me?
[Verse 3] (double-time)
A D F A
Oh, please! Oh, please! Oh, please!
D
Bring in new life, bring in new life
F A G
Bring in new life to me, bring new life into me
E A D F
Bring new life into me, Bring new life into me
A D F A D F A D F
(no lyrics)
A G A G E
(no lyrics, back to half-time)